The Monitor., 1887-11-04
LOCAL NEWS.

The frost ON Tuesday night was very
heavy.
The collector is distributing his tax
notices.
All the Prohibition candidates will be at
the meeting at the Opera House tonight.
The Almshouse trustees meet next Mon
day. A steward will beelected at this meet
ing.
This seems to be poultry week. Wibert
Richman shipped over two tons away on
Tuesday.
Geo. W. Crothers will have public sale
of stock next Tuesday afternoon. See his
advertisement.
Sharptown public school has purchased
full set of Appleton's Encyclopedia for
the school library.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Freeholders will DC held in Sa-
lem next Wednesday.
George Youker has discontinued poultry
buying in Woodstown to give all of his at
tention to his business in Salem.
Don't forget that the Prohibition rally
is to be held in the Opera House tonight.
Capable speakers will address the meeting
The regular gospel temperance meeting
of the W. c. T. Z. will be held in their
room next Sunday evening. All are in
vited. Services commence at o'clock.
The sale of the lots laid out on the
Bowen estate, east of the railroad, will
be held on the premises tomorrow. The
sale will commence at one o'clock, L. NJ.
The Register man complains that the
whistle of Humphreys pantaloon factory
often frightens horses, but whether he in
tends to issue orders for its removal or not
lie fails to make mention.
The following pupils in the Sharptown
Grammar School rank No. / in their
classes for the month of October: A LIST,
B, Lila Sharp; G., Rachel Hewitt; ID,
Alexander Corson.
A number of admirers of horsetlesh from
Philadelphia visited the Pleasant Valley
Stock Farm of Mr.. William Disston, near
Woodstown. on Saturday last. The visit
ors inspected the immense barn in course
of erection and admired the notable horses.
A horse belonging to Harry Lippincott
was frightened while being unhtched in
the hotel yard on Saturday night and
started for home without a driver, Four
teams were passed on the road but the
horse and wagon reached home in safety,
the animal stopping at the stable door
without any injury.
S. s. Flitcraft las decided to relnqush
his store-keeping business on Salem street
and will commence auctioning off his en-
tire stock of dry goods, clothing, groceries,
notions, etc, on Thursday, Nov. nth. He
will also sell all the fixtures of the store.
From now until the commencement of the
sale goods can be bought at very low
prices Give him call.
The financial difficulty between the
Board of Freeholders and the manufactur-
ers of the patent ballot-boxes has been
amicablv adjusted. The G. O. ID. charges
have been deducted and the manufacturers
have agreed to furnish the promised in
Identifying bond. Clerk Flynn gave out
the boxes on Tuesday and instructed the
election officers in using the boxes The
two TO be used in the election here arrived
on Tuesday in charge of NJ. d. Dickinson
and Barclay Edwards.
The following is list ofletters remaining
in the post office at Woodstown for the
month ending Oct. 81, 1887: Mr.. John
Anderson. Alfred S. Baker. Mr.. VIM. Ben
nett, Mr. Cassidy. John ID. Drummond. Mrs.
Everett, Mr.. John Jones, Mr.. Harry King,
Mrs. Theo. Lame (3), Mr.. Arthur d. Lay
ton Miss Mary McIicr, j. l.. Moore, Miss
Mary Norton Miss Salie Peterson. Mr..
Michael Quinn. Mrs. Laura Rockhill,
Annie A. Styler (S), S. II. Smith, Mar
tinus Stachowics, Mrs. Susan Sharp. Mr..
7. i. Smith, A. G. Thompson. Mr.. ]. G.
Taylor, Dan'l Tillman, Mrs. Sophia Wat
son co. Mr.. w. W. White. Mrs. j. c.
Wood, Mrs. {. Watson, Mr.. Sherman VIII
Hams (2), W. NJ. Whitsel.